Cost Reduction Thanks to Clean Conveyor Belts with REMACLEAN Cleated Belt Brushes

In this case, a conveyor belt cleaning system has been specially developed for cleated and chevron belts. The electrically driven brush system rotates against the running direction of the conveyor belt, thus cleaning its carrying side. The brush body is fitted with bolted combs made of polyurethane, which ensures fast and easy maintenance. Thanks to a standard and an HD version of the combs, belts with cleat heights of up to 32 mm can be cleaned.

To achieve the best results for almost every application, the product portfolio has grown in recent years and is constantly being improved. Thanks to years of experience and further development, cleaning systems can be offered for every area of application on the conveyor belt: Systems for use on the drum, for cleaning the lower belt, inner belt scrapers, as well as cleaning brushes. In order to be flexible, a wide variety of scraper materials such as rubber, polyurethane and highly abrasion-resistant hard metals are in use.

A major Swiss wood industry company has already been convinced by the cleaning results of REMACLEAN SGB-PUR since 2018. The company’s branch in the north of Brandenburg, Germany, processes around 1,000 truckloads of wood every week. Conveyor belts running outdoors and the associated high humidity are the reason for caking of the wood bark in combination with snow, ice, sand and dirt. From 2012 to 2018, REMACLEAN SGB cleaning brushes were used in this case with success.

"However, due to the wear-intensive cleaning process affected by weather conditions, this version of the cleaning brush was not yet satisfactory enough for REMA TIP TOP, because the basic body with glued-on rubber combs had to be renewed once a year," explains Maria Haß, Product Manager for REMACLEAN at REMA TIP TOP. "Thus, the further development of the system was naturally a major concern for us – also in the sense of our constant striving for successful innovations," Haß continues.

Brush maintenance and replacement without disassembly of the shaft
REMA TIP TOP was able to score with the innovative cleated belt brush solution with screwed cleaning combs made of polyurethane – REMACLEAN SGB-PUR. The system offers a longer service life of the brush combs while maintaining high cleaning quality. The proven brush now lasts twice as long and needs to be replaced after 2 years at the earliest.

Another major advantage of the SGB-PUR is the fact that time-consuming disassembly of the shaft is no longer necessary – thanks to the screwed brush combs. The replacement brush combs can be mounted without dismantling the complete system.